An ISS-modular approach for adaptive neural control of pure-feedback systems

Cong Wang, David J. Hill, S. S. Ge, Guanrong Chen

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Abstract

Controlling non-affine non-linear systems is a challenging problem in control theory. In this paper, we consider adaptive neural control of a completely non-affine pure-feedback system using radial basis function (RBF) neural networks (NN). An ISS-modular approach is presented by combining adaptive neural design with the backstepping method, input-to-state stability (ISS) analysis and the small-gain theorem. The difficulty in controlling the non-affine pure-feedback system is overcome by achieving the so-called "ISS-modularity" of the controller-estimator. Specifically, a neural controller is designed to achieve ISS for the state error subsystem with respect to the neural weight estimation errors, and a neural weight estimator is designed to achieve ISS for the weight estimation subsystem with respect to the system state errors. The stability of the entire closed-loop system is guaranteed by the small-gain theorem. The ISS-modular approach provides an effective way for controlling non-affine non-linear systems. Simulation studies are included to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)723-731
Number of pages9
JournalAutomatica
Volume42
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adaptive neural control
  • Input-to-state stability
  • Non-affine systems
  • Pure-feedback systems
  • Small-gain theorem

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